Nation singer Darryl Worley displays on his 9/11 music ‘Have You Forgotten?’ 20 years after assaults

Darryl Worley penned his music “Have You Forgotten?” virtually 20 years in the past after reflecting on the fear assaults of September 11. 

The singer/songwriter wrote the memorial music with Wynn Varble and it was launched in March 2003. “Have You Forgotten?” was a primary hit on the U.S. Billboard Scorching Nation Songs chart for seven weeks, and likewise reached No. 22 on the U.S. Billboard Scorching 100.

The nation star spoke to Fox Information about what the music means to him nonetheless, his feelings behind the ballad, and why we must always always remember the women and men who tragically misplaced their lives.

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Fox Information: Trying again, what was your mindset whereas writing the music?

Darryl Worley: I had simply come from the battle zone in Afghanistan and I acquired along with Wynn, my co-writer, and I form of instructed him I needed to do one thing as a tribute to honor our first responders and honor our army and honor the households who had misplaced family members.

Darryl Worley penned his music ‘Have You Forgotten?’ virtually 20 years in the past after reflecting on the fear assaults of September 11.  (CJM Productions / Nation Classics)

The music title comes from generally, it appears to manage, individuals wish to transfer on as shortly as they’ll. The mindset of ‘Let’s simply put this behind us. Let’s overlook about this.’ I feel individuals wrestle with that in order that’s a number of the emotion and the dialogue that was happening whereas we have been writing that music.

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Fox Information: What did you hope to convey by way of the music?

Worley: We simply needed to remind individuals what had occurred in such a brief time period. We needed to have a music that will honor the those that died on that day and honor their households. We needed to have a music that will make individuals conscious of all the primary responders, law enforcement officials, and firefighters who gave their lives attempting to avoid wasting different individuals.

Fox Information: How did you’re feeling concerning the response the music acquired when it hit the radio?

Worley: We did not have any clue that will ever occur. It occurred very organically by itself. And naturally, we have been simply taking a look at it and going, ‘Oh, my gosh,’ you realize, ‘How did this even come about?’ I simply carried out it on the Grand Ole Opry one evening and it simply took off. 

Fox Information: September 11 was 20 years in the past. What sort of feelings does that deliver up for you?

Worley: All the sentiments that I felt on the time when all that was taking place, all of them come again. After I sing the music for the troops once I return to entertain them within the battle zone it evokes a number of feelings. That could be a very high-energy crowd. It is very transferring to see all these younger women and men on the market of their battle gear with their weapons slung over their shoulders. It is a very surreal factor to do.

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Issues are fairly troublesome in our nation proper now and folks appear to be very distraught. However I’ve seen this nation undergo very, very troublesome instances and we at all times rise to the event and we’ll get by way of these instances as nicely, and we’ll proceed to march ahead as the best nation on Earth. 

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